GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 4, 2012—Bible Gateway, the world’s largest Christian website has launched Bible Gateway Deals, a deal-of-the-week program for Christian book and Bible lovers. The program is being offered through The Bible Gateway Store and gives Bible Gateway visitors access to exclusive deals on Christian merchandise including discounted book bundles and author-signed copies.

“Bible Gateway seeks to encourage Bible reading and understanding. We make as many resources available for free to our audience online as we can. But not everything can be free,” noted Rachel Barach, General Manager of Bible Gateway. “We are excited to begin offering the Deals program that will allow Bible Gateway visitors to discover exclusive access to additional enriching Biblical and extra-biblical resources at discounted rates.”

The Bible Gateway Store is an affiliate of The Christianbook Group. “The Christianbook Group is pleased to collaborate with Bible Gateway to launch the new Bible Gateway Deals program,” said Paul Hendrickson, Head of Business Development for The Christianbook Group. ”We believe that this innovative program will provide distinctive offers at exceptional prices for Bible Gateway constituents.”

About Bible Gateway
BibleGateway.com seeks to encourage Bible reading and Scriptural understanding among the body of Christ. Online for more than 18 years, Bible Gateway offers free access to the Bible in more than 57 languages and 130 different translations. Zondervan acquired BibleGateway.com in October 2008 from Gospel Communications. Since the acquisition, BibleGateway.com has grown from six million unique visitors per month to more than 10 million per month. Visit Bible Gateway online at http://www.biblegateway.com.

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